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Notion funding, valuation and investors
All-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, databases, and AI-assisted knowledge work.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series C/D
$275M · October 2021
Latest known valuation
$10B
Series C/D · October 2021
Total disclosed equity funding
$325M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · San Francisco, CA
Overview
Notion is an all-in-one workspace combining documents, wikis, databases, project management, and AI writing assistance. Used by millions of teams and individuals for knowledge management and collaboration. a16z, Coatue, Index Ventures, and Sequoia participated in rounds including a $275M financing in October 2021 at a $10B valuation.
Why Notion is interesting
Productivity OS for startups and teams — a16z investor as Notion became AI features battleground against Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Product & use cases
Notion provides flexible block-based pages that combine notes, databases, kanban boards, calendars, and embedded content — with AI features for writing, summarization, and Q&A across workspace content.
- Team wikis and knowledge bases
- Project management and task tracking
- AI-assisted document creation and search
Key facts
- Series C (Apr 2020): $50M at $2B led by Index — Notion blog
- Financing (Oct 2021): $275M at $10B co-led by Coatue and Sequoia — Forbes
- a16z investor across rounds
Funding history (newest first)
Series C/D
2021-10 $275M Valuation: $10BSeries C
2020-04 $50M Valuation: $2BInvestors in our directory
Funds linked from Notion's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Flexible block-based architecture lets teams build custom workflows without code — viral PLG adoption among startups and creators.
Notion won startup and SMB mindshare with PLG and flexibility. Microsoft and Google respond with AI-enhanced workspace tools. Notion's AI features and template ecosystem are the retention moat; enterprise penetration continues vs. Atlassian and Microsoft.
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Confluence (Atlassian) incumbent
Enterprise wiki and documentation.
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Coda direct
Doc-database hybrid workspace.
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Microsoft Loop/365 incumbent
Microsoft's Notion competitor.
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Google Workspace incumbent
Docs, Sheets — less flexible workspace.
Notable stories
- Notion nearly died in 2015 before pivoting to its current block-based workspace model — the pivot that created one of the fastest-growing productivity tools of the 2020s.
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FAQs about Notion
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